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Crowdfunding Secrets: Five Ways to Build an Amazing Campaign

Scott Steinberg | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Startups, Investing, Venture Capital, Crowdfunding, Small Business Investing, Indiegogo, Kickstarter, Jobs Act, Rockethub, Small Business America, Small Business News

While no equity or ownership stake has previously changed hands in exchange for contributions, the recent passage of the JOBS Act may prove a game changer for entrepreneurs.

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Watching Nick Day's Film Mindville Grow: A Slideshow

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: The Consciousness Chronicles, Nick Day, Indiegogo, Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela, Mindville, Slidepollajax, Filmmaking, Animation, Arts News

Filmmaker Nick Day is stepping a bit outside his comfort zone -- or seems to at first glance -- to make an animated film about the inner workings of our busiest organ: The brain.

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Belly Dancer Given 3 Months To Live Refuses To Give Up Dreams

fairlawn.patch.com | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Cancer Treatment, Sigi Nissimov, Indiegogo, Adrenal Cancer, New Jersey, Chemotherapy, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Belly Dancer, Fair Lawn, Cancer, Terminal Cancer, Alternative Medicine, Impact News

Rather than give up after learning last August that her adrenal cancer had returned and that she likely had only a few months to live, Sigi Nissimov u...

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How George Clinton Is Using Indiegogo To #SaveFunk Online

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Twitter, Indiegogo, Copyright, George Clinton, Funk, Snoop Dogg, Music, Labels, Performance, George Clinton Funk, Video, Technology News

George Clinton goes by many monikers: the Funkmaster, The Granddaddy of Funk, and my personal favorite, Dr. Funkenstein.

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Independent Filmmakers Screaming for PIXAR, CBS, Anybody -- HELP!

Malcolm Harris | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Crowdfunding Law, Michael Schindelheim, Indiegogo, Ramona Schindelheim, Ari Aster, Kickstarter, Desiretvshow, Munchausen, Entertainment News

Independent filmmakers and writers these days are being forced to get super creative in their attempts to raise funds for new projects. Through networks like KickStarter, not only are they raising funds -- they are also gaining attention.

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Adrian Grenier Takes to Indiegogo to Crowd Fund Teenage Paparazzo Empowerment Tour (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: App, Indiegogo, Teenage Paparazzo, Reckless, Empowerment Tour, Entourage, Adrian Grenier, Video, Technology News

He has taken to crowd funding his Empowerment Tour through Indiegogo.com which will allow "the film, art, me, some guest speakers, experts in the field to talk to the kids and we are hoping to reach 80 schools."

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Faceless Figure Wanders The Keys' Mangroves

The Huffington Post | Amanda McCorquodale | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Short Film, Video, Indiegogo, Shift, Juan Carlos Zaldivar, Miami International Film Festival, Anja Marais, Miami News

In "Shift," a wild dog steals the face from a figure born from a tree. It's a short film collaboration by South Florida artists Juan Carlos Zaldivar a...

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The Slamdance Film Festival Turns 18: Talking With Co-Founder Dan Mirvish on the State of the Indie

Terry Keefe | Posted 03.21.2012

Although the recession certainly cut back on the acquisitions budgets of independent film distributors, Mirvish believes that Park City will see a lot of film-buying activity shortly.

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Struggling Families Use Fundraising Website To Cover Huge Medical Bills

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Video, Indiegogo, Charity, Crowdfunding, Infertility, Slava Rubin, Health Care, Online Fundraising, Parkinson's, Impact News

Entrepreneurs and nonprofits have long leaned on internet fundraising to get their initiatives off the ground. Now, those facing serious medical condi...

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The CrowdFunders: IndieGoGo's Most Extraordinary Campaigns

Slava Rubin | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Small Business, Indiegogo, Global Economy, Crowdfunding, Venture Capital, Crowdfunding Revolution, Recession, Investing, Slidepollajax, Economic Recovery, Indiegogo Crowdfunding, Technology, Small Business America, Small Business News

In the coming months, we'll introduce you to the extraordinary entrepreneurs behind some of the most ground-breaking IndieGoGo campaigns in a series called The CrowdFunders.

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IndieGoGo Founder: Six Steps To Raising Startup Funds On Crowdfunding Platforms

Slava Rubin | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Investing, Small Business America, Small Business, Indiegogo, Crowdfunding, Small Business Credit, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Bank Loans, Investors, Business News

Startup funding is actually more accessible now thanks to social networking and crowdfunding platforms that match amazing new ideas with people who want to be part of the next big thing.

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Community Plus Commerce

Ellen Snortland | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Now That She's Gone, Indiegogo, Crowdfunding, Groupon, Social Commerce, Homerun, IMPACT Personal Safety, Sellaband, KickStarter.Com, Living Social, Pta, Kgbdeals, Townloop, Impact News

"Green" thinking is now a part of our collective consciousness, and the new Internet phenomenon of " social commerce " is in full flower.

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Filming The Role Models For Generation Y

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's History Month, Greatest Person of the Day, Social Entrepreneurs, Indiegogo, Journey of Action, Impact News

This post is part of our month-long series featuring Greatest Women of the Day, in recognition of Women's History Month. To nominate a Greatest Wom...

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Navigating the Waters of SXSW

K. Lorrel Manning and Michael Cuomo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marines, Indiegogo, Filmmaking, Sxsw, Veterans, Happy New Year, Entertainment News

People across the world saw our short about two Iraq War veterans reuniting in a rundown veterans hospital on New Year's Eve. As we traveled the festival circuit, we began development of the feature-length version.

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Blitzkrieg and Lessons From Egypt

George Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protests, Mubarak, Indiegogo, Egypt, Donors Choose, Crowdsourcing, Justin Bieber, Impact News

The Egyptian people took intense action over a short amount of time and communicated real time via Twitter, mobile phones and Facebook while protesting.

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British Airways Gives Entrepreneurs A Ticket To Global Expansion

Angela Haines | Posted 05.25.2011

With its Face of Opportunity program, British Airways offered 250 entrepreneurs, selected out of 1500 entries, on the basis of video or written essays, one round-trip ticket to a destination of their choice anywhere in the world to forge new business relationships.

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Changing Charity to a Charity That Changes You

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TOMS Shoes, Homeless Shelters, Habitat for Humanity, Indiegogo, Charity: Water, Acumen Fund, Gap, Jumo, Real Food Daily, Shelter, Red, Jacqueline Novogratz, (RED), Be the Change, Patient Capital, 20/20, Impact News

I'm trying to approach this whole charity thing differently -- simply by not thinking of it as charity.

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The Crowdfunding Revolution Will Democratize Venture Investing

Kevin Lawton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investing, Gender Equality, Securities Exchange Commission, Indiegogo, Crowdfunding, Venture Capitalists, Kickstarter, Lending Club, Sec, Zopa, Profounder, Venture Capital, Small Business America, Business News

It's no secret that venture capital and angel investing is 'clubby,' dominated mostly by middle-aged men. According to a 2007 study of angel investo...

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Independent Films' New Path to Financing

Jeff Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indiegogo, Tribe Funding, Kickstarter, invested.In, Crowd Funding, Independent Film, Filmmaking, Trampoline Systems, Film Financing, Massify, Alternative Financing, Rockethub, Biracy Project, Indie Film, Film Finance, Technology News

Indie filmmakers are always looking for money. Now enterprising producers have discovered an unprecedented new resource for funding: they're going online and hitting up their audiences.

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A Christmas (and Hanukah) List to Help Save Independent Film

Jon Reiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indieflix, Independent Film Distribution, Indiegogo, Independent Film, Neoflix, Children of Invention, Entertainment News

it is more possible than ever for audiences to connect directly with independent filmmakers, so his list is to introduce 10 gifts that you can give for Christmas to help support independent film.

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